A review by jnl_dayton
The Reckoning by John Grisham

3.0

Yawn. Part 1: 1946 Mississippi, Prominent landowner & genuine war hero Pete Banning kills the Methodist minister, is convicted and dies in electric chair. Part 2: Early 1940's The story of Pete's wartime experiences in the Philippines including Batan Death march & years of guerrilla warfare. Part 3: 1948-1950 The minister's widow & her sleepy lawyer sues the Banning grown children & takes everything Pete left them including the house and land. Throughout the novel the mystery of why Pete killed the minister is a central theme. During the last pages, the mystery is resolved. Yawn.